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SN 600 Corvette prototype
The SN-600 was the original Corvette prototype, developed as a compact French business and liaison jet. It established the twin rear-engine, tip-tank configuration later used by the production SN-601, but had a shorter fuselage and a different tail arrangement.
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Aircraft profile
Development and lineage
- Manufacturer
- Aérospatiale
- Family
- SN 600 Corvette prototype
- Aircraft category
- Business Jet
- Propulsion
- Jet
- Lifecycle
- Experimental
Aircraft data
Key specifications
- Programme role
- Corvette prototype
- First flight
- 16 July 1970
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 turbofans
- Nominal thrust per engine
- 2,200 lbf
- Wingspan, prototype reference
- Approximately 42 ft
- Successor
- Stretched SN-601 Corvette
Prototype reference data. Production SN-601 figures do not apply to this earlier airframe.
Overview
Program history
Nord and Sud Aviation began the project before their merger into Aérospatiale. The prototype first flew in July 1970 as France sought a small executive jet below the larger Mystère 20. Development subsequently moved to the stretched SN-601, which added cabin space. The SN-600 remained a prototype and should not be assigned the production model’s dimensions or weight limits.